Of course, things may change with a new CBA, but in the NFL salaries don't matter as much as guaranteed money. The agents love to announce Player X just signed for $40 million and it sounds impressive until you realize that only $10 million is guaranteed and the other $30 million are incentives and staying on the roster for the length of the contract, etc. or comes with a buyout clause.
Baseball teams do the same thing except their contracts can't have voidable years because of what's in the CBA, which is why the Astros are stuck with Carlos Lee's $18.5 mil/yr albatross. Most NFL teams would get rid of a Carlos Lee simply by voiding the remaining years of his contract.
I wouldn't blame the NFL for keeping that part of the CBA intact and the NFLPA for trying to remove it but the difference is that the MLBPA is a much stronger union than the NFLPA (either that or baseball owners are more chickens--t).
Since running back is such a high-injury position, pay no attention to whatever money they offer Foster. Pay attention to the amount that's guaranteed.
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